Non-refillable bottle



No. 6I6,944. Patented Jan. 3, |899.

I J. R. LAVENDER.

NON-HEFILLABLE BGTTLE.

(Appxieation' mea .rune 2, mas.) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN R. LAVENDER, OF CHARLESTON, VEST VIRGINIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,944, dated January 3, 1899.

Application filed J une 2, 1898. Serial No. 682,379. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that LJOHN R.LAVENDER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of Vest Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-RelillableBottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

My invention has relation to non-reiillable bottles; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive bottle of this character which when filled cannot be refilled and sold as an original package without giving visible evidence that it has been tampered with.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of the neck of a bottle, illustrating my invention, the sealing-cap being in position. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the neck of the bottle, the sealing-cap being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the sealing-cap removed and looking into the interior thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the locking-bail. Fig. 5. is a vertical sectional view through the locking-cap and the neck of the bottle, the cap being locked in position.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the neck'of the bottle or other vessel; 2, the sealing-cap; 3, the locking-bail, and 4: the stopper. The mouth of the bottle has a tapering interior which is smaller at its lower end than at its upper end, whereby the stopper, as cork or rubber, may be driven down into the neck of, the bottle without liability of being forced into the body thereof. The upper end of the neck is provided with two stops a, the under sides of which are preferably inclined, and withan annular shoulder b. The interior of the mouth is provided with two oppositelydisposed vertical recesses or notches d. The interior wall of the cap is provided with two oppositely-disposed lugs g, which are preferably inclined and are designed to engage the stops ou the bottle-neck and prevent the longitudinal separation of thecap from said neck .when the lugs are under the stops. The cap is provided with a slit or recess 71 that receives the bight of the bail.

In assembling the parts after the stopper has been driven into the tapering neck of the bottle the bight of the bail isinserted into the recess or slit in the cap and the cap placed over the end of the bottle-neck. The cap is now given a quarter-turn, thus bringing its lugs under the lower edges of the stops, and owing to the inclination of the stops and lugs the cap is drawn downward. This quarter-turn brings the spring-arms of the bail opposite the vertical slots or recesses in the bottle-neck, atwhich instant the arms spring into these slots or recesses, thus locking the cap against rotation, and as the lugs of the cap are under the stops of the neck it will be impossible to move the cap by drawing it off longitudinally.

When it is desired to gain access to the contents of the bottle, either the neck of the bottle above the stopper or the cap itself'is broken, thereby so destroying the bottle that it will be impossible to rell it and sell it in the trade as au original package.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with the neck of a bottle or vessel having stops on its exterior surface and slots in its interior surface, of a cap having lugs on its interior surface adapted to engage the under edges of the stops, and a spring-fastener carried by said cap and adapted to spring into the slots or recesses in the bottle-neck at the instant the lugs on said cap pass under the stops on said neck, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the neck of a bottle or vessel having stops on its exterior surface and slots in its interior surface, of a cap having lugs 011 its interior surface adapted to engage the under edges of the stops, and a fastener comprising a spring-bail, the bight of which is inserted in the slot or recess in In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the cap, the limbs of which are adapted to my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit spring into the recesses in the bottle-neck at nesses. the instant the lugs pass under the stops on JOI-IN R. LAVENDER.

5 said neck, and thereby prevent the further Vitnesses:

rotation of the cap, substantially as set forth ISAM I. BEASLEY, for the purpose described. J. II. COPENHAVER. 

